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I was re-reading a passage while writing the chapter on, "WOMEN" when I came across a passage about flight I had somehow missed.

If there was even a hint of doubt in my mind before I read that passage, there was certainly none after reading it. The God of the Jews flew!

As you will see in the next verse, God didn't always fly on the power of fire and make mountains tremble. Sometimes, He was much quieter.

The battle was to be near some pear trees. How would you make a noise in the tops of the pear trees, climb from tree to tree or fly?

Read this book like any history book. ... and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind. This can only mean one thing, the god of the Jews flew in machines described by ancient man as a fiery chariot. His sounds were described as thunder, trumpet blast, and a whistling of a gentle air, but He flew!

God described what sound he made when he flew once before. ...the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees. Another sound is described in this passage that is also a very quiet sound.

...a whistling of a gentle air and ...the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees are the gentle, quiet, sounds I would somehow expect from a god.

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Can you imagine in your wildest dreams, walking with your father, and seeing him taken into the sky when flying chariots were not that common?

If Elias and Eliseus were talking, they were close together, but there is nothing in the story about Eliseus being burned. Fiery chariot? Horses in a whirlwind? Flying machines would be hard to describe if you"ve
never seen one before.

Flying is so commonplace now, we do it almost without thought. We buy a ticket and fly to far off places, 37,000 feet above the earth, at 550 mile per hour. As we fly at the edge of space, the temperature outside is 51 degrees below freezing. In warmed, pressurized comfort, we watch motion pictures, listen to any of several channels of music, read, eat, and sleep.

We see exotic lands, visit relatives, or do our business, leaving and arriving half way around the world the same day. Many people own small private planes and do all the same things on a smaller scale, covering in a day what would have taken the Israelites months. Just three generations ago, it was thought if a racing automobile traveled faster than 60 miles per hour it would take your breath away, and you would die! Is it any wonder that four thousand years ago, any human that could fly was thought to be a god? So for 1575 years Israel feared a flying man. He said He was a God, and they stand in awe of Him to this day!

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REASONING WITH GOD
To the Jews, their God had mighty powers, and most of the time used them in anger with spiteful vengeance. But as you will soon find, He could be reasoned with if you were polite, very careful, complimentary, and made a good point. In the golden calf incedent at Sinai, God looked down and told Moses,

At this point in time, Israel's God had every intention of exterminating over three million people and starting all over again with Moses alone.

Moses was the first man to ask God why about anything.

Now, I have a question. Why, in your wildest imagination, would the God of over
three million Jewish people give one single beca for the thoughts of the Egyptians? Why would what the Egyptians might say effect the thinking of so great a God?

After the golden calf incedent, Moses told Israel they had committed a grave sin. Then he went back to God for forgiveness. He pleaded with God, "If you would only forgive their sin!" Then in frustration Moses did a strange thing for the first time. He told God what to do. "If you will not, then strike me out of the book that
you have written." God told Moses he would only punish those that had sinned. Then, for the first time, God told Moses something very different and out of character. God had ALWAYS led His people, but this time he told Moses, "Now, go and lead the people whither I have told you. MY ANGEL WILL GO BEFORE YOU." He was going to send an angel to do what he had always done himself! Why
the sudden change? Did the Jews make Him that angry?

Then Moses questioned God.

"I myself," the Lord answered, "will go along to give you rest."
Moses replied,

Again Moses set the boundaries. He told God, "do not make us go up from here." When Moses heard the people crying at the entrance to their tents because they had no meat or vegetables, ...so that the Lord became very angry, he was grieved. When he went to God this time he didn't waste any words. He was so tired and frustrated he said exactly what he had on his mind, not caring at all what the consequence might be. "Why do you treat your servant so badly?"

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But even when God threatened Israel with meat to eat for a whole month,
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If this insolence had come from anyone else, they would probably have died instantly, but Moses had had enough and spoke his mind.

is a pretty strong statement to make to this God. But Moses lived to carry the burden all the way, and look across the Jordan River and see Chanaan on the other side.

When the scouts came back from Chanaan and said the people were fierce, and the towns were fortified, the people wailed and said,

Of course, God heard all this and asked Moses ...

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Israel followed God out of fear. But every time He pushed them too far, they rebelled. And once again, good old faithful Moses stepped in between God, and man, and brought up the Egyptians. Give Moses his due, he was a silver tongued fox, and knew all the right buttons to push.

God told Moses at least twice to stand back while He exterminated the Jews, then promised Moses he would become a great nation in their place. What a crossroad, what a decision Moses had to make. But instead of taking the easy way, he stood toe-to-toe with God, and God backed down!

Time and again Israel got themselves in trouble and cried to their God for help. God reminded them when He gave them the land;

But as usual, he gave in and picked them another leader. At first God's new leader was not willing and asked,

But I"m getting ahead of the story. The Bible tells it better than I.

Gedeon still wasn't sure he had been picked to be a leader, so he asked,

And the God that every Christian church today describes as a kind and loving God said,

And the comment I get from the fanatic devout, "He could cut them down if He wanted. They were His!" 135,000 soldiers, Zebee and Salmana, and half a city were His. In Bible times a city was about 12,000 people. A very conservative estimate of the men in the city would be 4,000 men. So, because they were His, it was alright for the God of the Jews to cut down 139,002 male human beings.

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First Moses, then Gedeon, argued and bartered with God. These two were successful and got what they wanted. He could be reasoned with, but it was the exception, not the rule

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SORCERY
Sorcery? Magic? In the Christian Bible? In the Christian Bible! I was surprised too, but sorcery and magic come to light several times, and some of it right under God's nose. Just for fun this time, let's go to the dictionary first.
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sor-cery The use of power gained from the assistance or control of evil spirits.
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magic 1: of or relating to magic 2:a having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers
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In the story of the plagues in Egypt, God told Moses to tell Pharaoh that the second plague would be frogs.

Pharoah's plain, every day, magicians made frogs come from everywhere, just like Aaron. Magic? Who was the magician, God, or the Pharaoh's magicians, or both? Could it be the frogs were a natural phenomena, like an over population of locust, that they both took advantage of?

In a section of the Bible called Social Laws, God laid down several very matter-of-fact rules. One tells what a man is supposed to do if he seduces a virgin. Another states,

Others instructed the Jews on sacrificing to another god, how to treat aliens, and the rules for loaning money. But one, among the many rules handed down, was very simple and short.

The passage leaves no doubt in my mind that there were sorcerers, and exactly what God wanted done with them. If this all seeing, all knowing God, had been no more concerned about the powers of sorcerers than I am today, I doubt he would
have ordered them put to death. But He was concerned, and He did order them put to death. Maybe He thought a sorceress really did have power.

Today we know mediums and fortune tellers to be hog-wash, a waste of money and time. They are a powerless joke, but God didn't think so. He made sure they were afraid to practice their trade, at least in public.

Being a medium or a fortune teller in those days was serious business. Isn't it interesting that such a powerful God was afraid to have them around? But why? Did He believe they had the power to do what they professed?

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Next the Bible gives us an example of a talking animal.

Talking animals? That's right, in the Bible, a talking donkey!

David and the Philistines came to do battle with Saul and Israel, and Saul was very fearful because God had abandoned him, and Samuel was dead. He had, ...

There was no one left for him to turn to for advice, or to foretell the future.

In the Bible that people read and base their religion on today, a female sooth-sayer with a divining spirit was able to bring Samuel back from the dead so he could talk to Saul! Soothsayers? People returning from the dead? That's right! You can find it all in The Old Testament.

Here I have an example of magic that helped with every day problems. A group of men were cutting wood for a dwelling, when a loose iron axe head flew off the handle and into the water. Iron must have been precious, because the man cried out, and said,

God performed several tricks like the plagues in Egypt, Moses striking water with his rod, manna from the skies, and many more, but I don't remember my Sunday school teacher dealing with floating iron axe heads.